The Sun. — London, England, 1864-12-16 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Taxa Der —Morning, 3h. 53m.—Afternoon, 4h. 35m. To-xtmisow.-Morning, 4h. 30m.—Afternoon, 4h. 50m. IF UN AL MA NACK for 186. Full of Comic Enc:ravings and Humorous Writings. Price Twopence. TRAPPED in a TREE, by Captain MAYNE REID: and other Tales, appear in the CHRISTMAS Double NUMBER of FUN, now ready. Price Twopence. OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT OUT OF SORTS—Lectures for Little Statesmen—How the Good Boy Tom Brown got into Difficulties, Sic., ttc., In "FUN" This Week. One Penny. LIFEBOAT SERVICES, —During the storms of the past year the boats of the National Lifeboat Institution saved 417 persons from different wrecks on our coasts, The Institution also expended £13,819 2d. in the same periud on lifeboat estab ishments, in addition to grantiug £1,51 Bs. ed. as rewards for sav,ng 714 shipwrecked perdons by its lifeboats, and other means. The Committee of the institution earnest'y A PETAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 137 lifeboat establishments. Contributions are received by all the L- .n -don and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Last Night but One previous to the commence ment of the Christmas Pantomime. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with YOU K.\ OW WHO. Followed by LA SONNANBULA. To-morrow (Saturday), FAUST. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Opera t Eight. Box Office cpen from Ten till Five. Private Boxes, from 10s. dd. ; Stalls, 7s. ; Dress Circle, 55.; First Circle, 4s. ; Pit, ; Gallery, ls. No oharge for booking places. No fees box-keepers.' In preparation, a Grand Christmas Pantomime. R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) Last Night but Four before Christmas. Last Appearance but One of Mr. Charles Adams. EVENING (FRIDAY), Dec. If, the performances will commence with Weber's overture to Preciosa. After which, Verdi's opera, IL T ROVATO RE. Leonora, Mdlle. L. Martorelle ; Inez, Mrs A. Cock; and Azucena, Madame Fanny Huddart; Count di Luna, Mr. A. awrence.; Ferrando, Mr. A. Cook; Ruiz, Mr. C. Lyall; Gipsy, Mr. Melville ; and Manrico, Mr. Charles Adams. To conclude with the Third Act of MASANIELLO. Conductor, Mr Alfred Mellon. The Incidental Divertissement will be supported by Mdlles. Duchateau and Bout anti. Commence at half-past 7 o'clock. Private boxes, from 10s. 6d, upwards ; stalls, 7a. ; dress circle, ss. ; upper boxes, 4s. ; amphitheatre stalls, 3s. and 2s ; pit 2s. 6d. ; gallery, ls. No charge for booking places. The box-office is open from 10 till 5. HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY - LANE.- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, to commence with A YOUNG LAD FROM THE COUN fRY. Messrs. G. Belmore, Fitzjames, and G. F. Neville; Misses Helen Reward, R. Leclercq, &c. Alter which, Sbaksnere's Tragedy of MA( BETH. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Creswiek, R. ltoxby, G. Beim°, e. Rayner, G. F. _Neville, Edmund Phelps, J. Neville, Bartleman, SLe ; Misses Rebecca Isaacs, Emma Heywood, and Miss xzelen Faucit. Doors open at ha f-past Six—Commence at Seven. fiItIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET,- Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, MADEMOISELLE DE BELLE ISLE. Messrs. Howe, Farren, Gordon, Braid, &c. ; Mesdames 9eatrice, Ange', &c. After which, NO SONG NO SUPPER. Messrs. Compton, Farren, Art:, r Clark, Weathersby, &c. ; Mtsd mAs Keeley, Villiers, Moore, Lovell, It 3. And OUR MARY ANNE. To commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I addy O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forrebter. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the sole management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING-, at 8, RUY BLAS. Messrs. Fechter, Ryder, Fitzpatrick, F. Ch .rle,, M'lntyre, Garden, Raymond, Collett, C ifford, Moreland ; Misses Carlot a Lezlercq, H. Percy, and Mrs. Winstanley. Preceded, at 7, by MY WIFE'S OUT. Messrs. H. Widdi comb, F. Charles ; Misses H. Percy and E. ',avenue. To cone tide with NURSEY CHICKWEED. Mr. H. Widdicomb. Doors open at half-past 6 ; commence at 7. The Box-office open daily from Elev,n till Five. THEA.I2IIE-ItO YAL, ADELPHI.- 6ole Proprietor and Manacrer. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE WORKMEN OF PARIS. Mr. Benjamin Webster; Messrs. Billing ton, R. Phillirs, Stuart, J. Clarke, Stephenson, Eburne, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Woolgar (Mrs. A. Mellon), Miss H. Simms. Mrs. Bitington, Mrs. H. Lewis, and Miss A. Seamen. To conclude with DOING BANTING. Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. stephenson; Mrs. Lewis and Miss A. seaman. Commence at 7. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin-Webster. EMINENT TALENT AND COMEDY DRAMA. Last Week but One of theViesent Management. THIS EVENING, a new Musical Drama, entitled THE BARONET ABROAD ANu THE RUSTIC PRIMA L ONNA : Mr. Frank Matthe ; Miss Constance Roden. After which, at a quarter to Eight, a new and original Comedy Drama, in three acts, by J. Palg,rave Simpson. enti tled SYRILL ; or, STEP BY STEP. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. To conclude with Mr. Maddison Morton's New Comedy Farce of WOOD OCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, WILFUL WARD. Messrs Parseße and Belford; Miss Palmer. Followed by, at Eight, MIL KY WHITE. Messrs. Craven, btoyle, James ; Mesdames Swanbor „ugh and Mande - s. To conclude with MAZEPPA. Mesdames Raynham, Simpson, &c. COALS. —The LILLESHAL L COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 255. per ton. I Double 21s. per ton. Top 245. „ I Det p ....225. „ Fell screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOIIN SCOTT, Sole ;gent. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R• GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE LATES r EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Eve n inu by W. ALEXANDER (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 2!, Old Cavendish-street, Oxford-street. 4 111 *int. LONDON, FRIDAY, DEC. 15, 1864. It is a melancholy task to peruse the address of the deputation of Schleswigers who waited upon King CHRISTIAN, but it is not unsuitable to cast a glance at the relative position of the respective parties. The year which is about to close has seen many changes in the affairs of Denmark and her Duchies, but it is satisfactory to mark that some tribute of respect has been paid to the KING, and that his Majesty has replied to it ia a fitting strain. Such a display of good feeling and kindly wishes was creditable to both sides, and no doubt a pleasing recollection of this interchange of regrets and sympathies will hereafter be a consolation for both sides to look back upon. In simple and yet emphatic language the Danish inhabitants of Schleswig declared their opinions on the sad and serious occurrences that have befallen them. They begin with expressing their grief at the reception of the KING'S farewell, and then go on to deplore the calamitous circumstances which compel their alienation from the ancient rule. These words ought to make all th e au th or iti es i n P russ i a an d Austria ashamed of themselves—or if that be im poseible, it is to be hoped that they will regret that they are given forth to the world, that other nal i eua may descant upon their sld significance and solemn warmi.g. "The force of circumstances has separated those who h ave b een united for centuries; brothers have been turn from brothers; your Majesty's Crown has lost a jewel, the preservation of which . has cost to rrents of blood." Surely this passage , its comprehen siveness and clearness, exactly defines the state of the case as it at present stands in regard to this Did affair of the Dano-Germln wnr. Of course, the deputation was precluded from giving vent to those frelinge which tr rl.9t have burned within them at the wrongs and injuries to which they had been exposed ; but sometimes the force of such senti ments are better expressed by silence. The world knows who is responsible for the " circurcstauces" that have drawn down the calamity referred to, and honest and honourable men will judge between the oppressed and oppressors. All must respect the notion which influenced the Danish inhabitants of Schleswig thus to come forward and " greet their old Sovereign for the last time. ,, The occa sion was a touching one, and if sadness and sor row prevailed, shame and disgrace had no part on either side. There was a quiet dignity in the tone that pervaded both the deputation and the King that were suitable to those who were in such try ing circumstances. It must be a source of dissatis• faction to the tyrants who have wrought their destruction to find such sentiments of loyalty and attachment to the throne influencing those subjects of King CHRISTIAN, whom it has pleased them to depict as ill-content with the rule that was over them. In earnestness and eloquence this spirit of devotion is expressed, and a more honourable me mento could not be put upon the grave of their departed allegiance—" We shall preserve our re membrance of bygone days, and the Danish people on this side of the Konigsau will never forget its brothers beyond, for all our recollections are in common." Who can peruse these words and not be roused to indignation at the scandalous course of policy which has caused such misery and wrought such evil. " What millions died that CASAR might be great," has been truly said in censure of such extravagant attempts at conquest ; but it is diffi cult to conceive for what purpose all this misery has been inflicted on the kingdom of Denmark and her possessions. Certainly neither greatness nor glory has been achieved, and the gain has not been so considerable that a powerful kingdom like Prussia should compromise its reputation and alienate its best allies aid most strenuous sup porters. The King's reply was characteris tic of himself, and well adapted to the occasion. Self-reproach cannot attach itself to King CHRIS. TIAN, for under very trying circumstances he has always endeavoured to act in accordance with the claims of justice, truth, and honour, and he can thus claim the sympathies of all who respect misfortunes nobly borne and sorrows that are endured with fortitude and resignation. He dwelt at length upon the regrets with which ho viewed this inevi table separation from Schleswig, and declared that it was his chief concern at the present time ; of all his cares and sorrows, lately so numerous, nothing has so depressed his mind and weighed upon his heart than the " separation from the brave, faithful. and loyal Schleswigers." It is impossible to dwell upon this address, and the reply to it, without feeling more and more convinced that England has much to answer for in this disastrous and dis graceful affair. Much is required from those isdi viduals,to whom much is given, and nations are not exempt from the duties and claims of great power, wealth, and influence. The best satire on the conduct of our Gcvernment in respect to its policy, is to reflect how different would have been the case had Prussia been in peril from enemies as unscrupulous and exacting as herself. We would not then have witnessed such base truckling to the strong—such desertion of those who had received our promises of support, and such a condonation of cruelty and injustice on the part of our Adminis trators. Right and reason are not affected, how. ever, by the accidents of place and power; and in this quarrel between King CHRISTIAN and his former subjects, we recognise another proof of the evil effects which have been occasioned by the un due preponderance of German influence which pre vails in our Councils and Cabinet. Were it not for the extraordinary lengths to which men sometimes allow themselves to be carried by foregone conclusions and long-established prejudice, we should almost be inclined to regard the proceedings of the gentlemen who yesterday waited upon Mr ADAMS as conducted in a spirit of satire. It is certainly difficult to believe that at the present date a number of intelligent and influential Englishmen should be found to attend upon the American Minister with the view of tendering him an address for presentation to Mr LINCOLN, in congratulating him and the world at large on his re-election as President. It is still more difficult to believe that the intentions of these gentlemen were really serious when we fled them both in their introductory speeches and in the terms of their address felicitating the Northern States on their abhorrence of slavery, and their sacrifices on behalf of the negro, and more especially congratulating the Federal autho rities on their kindness to their wounded pri. soners, and the general spirit of moderation and humanity in which they have conducted the:war, in grateful contrast to "the deplorable and san guinary ferocity of European despots." Of course, when addressed in such terms, it was not neces sary for Mr ADAMS to keep too closely to incon venient facts, so accordingly we learn that with reference to the late Presidential election, "Never was a canvass more perfectly free, nor more latitude taken in the discus sion of public questions and of the charac ters of public men." Certainly these gen tlemen on both sides have contrived to bring some very novel facts to light—facts which ars strik ingly in opposition to all ordinary intelligence. Bat the members of the Emancipation Society are not inclined to be governed by any ordinary influ enees or to accept the conclusions which to most men seem inseparable from existing facts. Mr. EVANS, the Chairman, as the exponent of their opi nions, leaves no doubt as to the view which they take of the complicated struggle now going on in America. The "awakened conscience" of the North is the explanation which he gives of the con flict between commercial and agricultural or pro. ductive interests. " The awakened feeling of the North on the subject," he says, " has driven the slaveholders to rebellion, and that is really the whole cause of the war." He does not explain why the slaveholders should have proceeded to open hostilities when the awakened conscience of the North had produced no visible results, If the North had proclaimed abolition and the South had taken np arms to resist the enforcement of such a measure, there might be some ground for putting the cause of dispute on such a footing; but as nothing of the kind was ever talked of, and as the North began the war on the plea of enforcing the Southern contributions to the national expenses, it is not easy to see the connection between the effect and this pretended cause. The North did not attempt to quit the slaveholders, or to cast out the offenders from among them, their great object is to retain them in their midst. The famous Emancipation Pro clamation, which is the only base upon which Mr LINCOLN can rest his pretensions as an Aboli tionist, was not issued till after many months of deadly war; and when it did appear, it took very good care only to deal with the slaves of the so called rebels, and did not interfere in any way with the property of loyal subjects. If emancipa tion was an imperative duty on the part of the State, it was as much obligatory on the loyal sub jects as the rebels, but no modification even of the hardships of slavery was pressed upon them. Theft who wish to extend their principles by force should at least begin by practising them themselves ; but a sudden 'Wholesale emancipation of the negroes, Without any provision for finding employment for the ablebodied or provision for the kick and aged, bore on its front the evidence of its doubtful humanity. A gradual emancipation is what real humanity as well as common sense would teach, and that is what it is to be trusted the South will ultimately carry out. President LINCOLN, who loves a joke, will certainly be inclined to smile at the concluding paragraph of the address, in which a fervent aspiration is expressed for that " good time coming," when perfect equality will exist be tween white and black, and no regard to race or colour is held before the law. Mr. LINCOLN must bo very well acquainted with the fact, that such is very far horn being the millennium of Northern dreams, and that whatever may be the wording of the law, white citizans will be anything but willing to admit the negro to free end equal companion ship. But the Emancipation Society, which is "so very kind" to the virtues of the Federal Aiminis tration, contrives to be "a little blind" to their faults; and the peculiar satisfaction with which they have noticed the moderation of the proceed ings of General BUTLER in New Orleans, the firing on the hospitals at Charleston, the desolation of the Shenandoah Valley, and the burning home steads and ruined cornfields that mirk the progress of Northern generals, is certainly not shared by their countrymen at large. The open declaration of the Federals to procure success by any moans, whether by starving out tae Southern people or by wholesale expatriation of them as recommended by BUTLER in his recent address at New York, or by the application of " Greek fire to the people and hell fire to their leaders," as advised by the Minister of a Christian religion, all comes under the cover of the wide and conveni ent cloak of humanity. In this country we have long ago learned to estimate such professions at their real value, but it is a little too much for Eng lish gentlemen of various ranks end professions to offer the congratulations of their countrymen to the head of euch a system, and in the name of the fervent sympathy which Englishmen everywhere feel for freedom, and their una nimous hatred of slavery, to felicitate the American States on the continuance of this cruel and purposeless war. Mr ADAMS was not inclined to pledge himself or his Government to any uncome promising theories about slavery. He declared, indeed, that the settlement of the slave question was a necessary preliminary of peace, but he honestly avowed the restoration of the Union to be the one great object. The Chicago nomination was the object of his dire invective, and in spite of the smooth speeches and wholesale approbation of of the gentlemen before him, he was well enough acquainted with the actual fee . .ings and temper of this nation to be unable to refrain from some covert attacks upon those Englishmen who did not share their views. The fact is, that Americans, like foreigners, are well aware of the independent action of English politicians and enthusiasts of all degrees, and the proceedings of the Emancipation Society yes terday afternoon are as much an exponent of popular sense and sympathy on the American question as the visit of the members of the Peace Society to the CZAR on the modest request of the Liverpool mer chants of famous memory, that the Emperor of the FRENCH would kindly favour them with his pri vate opinion on the probability of a war. Court of Common Council, A Court of Common Council was held yesterday in the Council Chambers, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor pre siding. THE COAL DUTIES DRA.WBACK. FUND. Mr CHAPLIN, the chairman of the City Lands Com mittee, said he wished to draw the attention of the Court to a matter of some importance. and in doing so he should ark permission to ask the Chamberlain a question. Mr Chaplin was about to preface his question with some remarks in re ference to the coal duties ; but The LORD MAYOR ruled that the rules of the Court would not permit a speech that might provoke a discussion. Mr LOWMAN TAYLOR thought, although he might agree wi.h Mr Chaplin in the views he entertained, it would be better to give a notice of motion upon the subject. Mr CHA.PLIN, however, preferred to put the question— and asked the Chamberlain whether the Coal Duties Draw qack Fund, which was under the control of the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee, could bo applied to any other purposes than those in connection with the drawback fund. ➢lr PARKER said the question was entirely a legal ques tion, and one which the Chamberlain could not and ought not to answer. Mr CHAPLIN said if the matter was to be shrouded in so much mystery, he should think the funds were really not used for their proper purposes. Upon the suggestion of the LORD MANOR, Mr CHAPLIN gave the following notice of motion :—" That the chair man of the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee do send to the Chamberlain's office, before the next Court, a detailed account, with the vouchers of expenditure and charges made in the Coal Duties Drawback Fund for the years 1862-3-4, and in future no accounts be paid by the Cham berlain unless accompanied with proper warrants." ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL. Mr Thomas Burrows brought up a report from the Gene ral Purposes Committee on the proceedings relative to St. Thomas's Hospital. The report was a very long, and, upon the motion of Mr APGEORGE, the consideration of it was adjourned, and the report ordered to be printed and circulated among the mem bers of the Court. A report was laid before the Coust by Mr R. N. Phillipps on the reference to reconsider their report relative to the late James Bunstone Bunning, Esq., City Architect, and recommending that a memorial tablet be placed in the wes tern entrance of the City of London Schools, at an expense not exceeding 50 . guineas. There was some opposition to the recommendation. Mr Deputy FRY was of opinion that such a course would not be doing honour to an officer who had served the Corpo poration faithfully and ably. After some discussion, the LOAD MAYOR addressed the Court, and said he had had the honour of being intimately ao • quainted with Mr Bunning from the commencement of his career as a member of the Corporation, and, with reference to the City of Losdon Schools, he, from long expo perience, could testily to the fact that wero most ad mirably adapted to the purpose for which they were erected, and ho was sure, were Mr Bunning living, nothing would be more gratifying to him than to see a memorial tablet erected in those schools. Ultimately an amendment to the effect that the report should lie on the table was lost, and the report was agreed to by a very large majority. After going through some business of no public interest, the Court adjourned at an early hour. STORMY WEATHER.--SHIELDS, Wednesday noon. Last night, after dark, a storm warning was sent down to this port from Admiral Fitzroy, and lights were 'misted in the harbour at once. The wind at that time was S.S.E., and the sea was rising rapidly. As the night ad vanced the wind got to the S.E., and the weather became very stormy indeed, the sea breaking with great violence on the shore. About midnight several sailing ships and screw steamers run for the harbour and got in in safety, but dur ing the course of the morning the sea entirely tore to pieces the barque Amy Robsart which was stranded on the Black Middens. The Rocklight, of Liverpool, a large ship of 1,766 tone, arrived during the night from Antwerp, and a Russian bark made the run from London to the Tyne in 36 hours. The Mcrna, Leith and London steamer,which had put into Shields harbour through stress of weather, proceeded to sea yesterday afternoon. She would encounter very rough weather last night. The steamships from the Tyno to London were detained yesterday, but the Admiral will pro ceed to sea this afternoon. It is hoped teat some of the un recovered bodies of the passengers and seamen belonging to the steamship Stanley would have been washed up during the night, through the heavy sea, and a large number of persons have Leen on the lookout, but down to this hour none have beer. discovered. The weather is moderating, and the sea has gone down somewhat since the pinning, POLICE CRUSADE AGAINST THE " BOARDMEN.' By an exercise of the power vested in the Commis sioners of Police, an order has been issued to police-con stables to warn those persons carrying advertising boards in thoroughfares that they are acting contrary to law, and if they are again found offending they aro to be taken into custody and brought before a magistrate. The crusade was first commenced against the large-sized pole-boards, when advertisers substituted "animated sandwiches," that is, men carrying boards before and at their backs. This, it appears, is now an offence, and by the crusade against them nearly 1,000 men, who cannot obtain any other employ ment, are reduced to starvation or must become chargeable to their respective parishes, It is a severe blow to a class of petsens persevering even iu penury, as is 6d per day of 12 or 14 hours is considered high wages for labour of this description. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. BOURSE, Deo. 15.—The market has been heavy, and the business done shows lower quotations. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 20c., and Mobilier at 933 f. 75c. Railway Shares rather offered, with a slight decline on some of the lines. The market continued heavy to the close, and left off as follows : 41 per Cents .. 93 50 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 25 Credit Mobilier 933 75 Do, end month 932 50 Bank Shares 3590 Credit 1 , oncior 1240 Roman - AA IL' Italian Loan 65 55 Do. end month 65 7 0 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian Austrian Spanish Threes — Rome Debt Deferred FAYs. Cash. Account. 852 50 .. 855 995 9P7 50 875 880 63 75 553 75 5 8 15 516 25 490 .. 492 50 316 25 315 435 .. 435 506 25 .. 506 25 372 50 .. 372 50 435 436 25 190 .. 192 60 Orleans •c• Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard .. North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona LITERATURE, Blount Tempest. By the Rev. J. C. M. Bellew. Three vols. Hurst and Blackett. At a single stride Mr Bellew has taken his place among our popular novelists. " Blount Tempest" is announced as his first contribution to imaginative literature. It reads far more like the work of a skLled and practised romanceewriter- Its author evidences, in this first venture of his within the magic circle of the world of fiction, a combina tion of rare qualifications in his newly assumed capacity as a Novelist. Already known as an accomplished elocutionist—he now shows himself to be also an equally accomplished man-of-letters. His style has no crudity. It has the easy swing of one who has thoroughly mastered the arts of composition. " Blount Tempest," viewed simply as a story, has the all-essential charm of interest, and of an interest that at moments becomes enthralling. It is full of incident. Its plot displays in several particulars a wonderful in genuity of contrivance. It is a plot that, through all its intricacies, is coherent. The events are knit together with surprising cunning and unerring dexterity. We are conscious—when we come to look back upon the whole scheme of the narrative —of no one flaw in the manner of its construction. We are barely caught, like the marriage guest, upon the threshold, before we " needs must hear " —our narrator holds us with his glittering eye, and we read on, chapter after chapter, volume after volume, so far as the preoccupations of life permit of our doing so, uninterruptedly. The tale that is here told, and told, too, in a manner marked by so much exhilnratin vivacity, has about it a certain fascination. As, indeed, for that matter, any tale that is worth reading at all should have. And we have read it in consequence, not as a duty, but as a pleasure. Having so read it, we commend it accordingly. Mr Bellew is manifestly a keen observer of his fellow-creatures. He has a watchful eye for all th e i r whims and oddities. He has a very lively sense of the humorous. As a delineator of character he is singularly felicitous, and we should find it difficult to decide, were we in any way required to do so, to which should be accorded preference among his imaginary person ages—whether, as a class to his male or his female characters are marked by superior excellence. The scene of his story is placed for the most part either in London or in Lancashire. Under a thin veil of fictitious names—names but very slightly modified from the original—localities are, here, described that will readily enough be recognised by those who are familiar with them. • The like might be said,. almost as truthfully, we believe of several among the characters. Besides which, it may here be added, by way of completing what we have been remarking in regard to Mr, Bellew's dexterous blending in "BiountTempest'' of fact and fiction, that more than one incident introduced in the course of the narrative will be recognised by some of the more keen observers in that north coun try as the merest modifications or adaptations of certain actual and well-remembered circumstances. Blount Tempest, the hero of the story, is the twin brother of Geof f rey Tempest —the former being the good, the latter the evil genius of the narrative. Out of the accident of his brother's birth a few months ear li er t h an himse of years lf,Geoffr festers eydrawa a jealou s y t h at in the course into an unnatural hatred, prompting him to all kind' of dark and devilish lying to robbery, and firnottarigruoebsber leading ytoasshaismsinfitrotimor. A murder occurs at the very heart, f B e a u s n t one le re may p e s tye of the labyrinth of the plot It is describ e d i n th e blume, Ab ou t it the vtherreyadceenftrethoef narrative getk tangled and crime as inter twined, and ravelled up in a Itnerently inext r i ca bl e n n d innocentr g g l n g down or the in its e meshes, as in a deadly net, the young hero o f the tale, upon whom, although so s an unbOrn babe, every conceivable sue)i c i on concentrates as upon—the murderer ! The wad confusion — dragging in which—in the most natural manner—all these fearful suspicions are brought to accumulate upon Blount Tempest's head, shows, on the part of Mr Bellew, the attainment at once of a wonderous niartery of his art as a Novelist, in the mere oonstrtetion of the machinery of his tale, in the cunning Adroitness with which his dexterous hand has thus irettly put the various incidents together. There it not a minute detail in this central part of th t , fiction—the moul dering tomb emong the Pri4.- 1 , Ruins, where the murder takes place, the s ecreted japan b ox , th e purloined pistol with which ho fatal shot is fired, the illuminated missal, thsc -- erragment of the assas sin's coat, the pewter butt% upon that fragment marked with the name of thesash clothier at White chapel—there is not one of the most trivial among these seemingly insignificant particulars, but has about it, for the tw i ce, an especial, in its way a supreme importance, Everything, more over, in this way, has 10 4 before been foreseen by the author, and carefully ' Lepared for. Nothing of all this , so to speak, is of silt' dragged in by the head and shoulders, a n be e an afterthought. To insist, again, upon what we have already specified as a distinctive merit in the plot of " Blount Tem pest," we would repeat a P- s he ase we have before used in regard to it, by saYi)g that the materials of the tato cohere. What the tale is, we are not going to relate here, ourselves, by any dry epi tome. Those who care to knew, may learn it from Mr Bellew himself through the medium of these three volumes b y the perusal of which even the most blase Novel-Reader, one who has gone the round of the circulating libraries, may count upon being continuously interested, and at intervals nothing less than enthralled. If, upon fitting occasions, Mr Bellew here no less willingly, perchance, than when he is in the pulpit, under takes to point a moral, he does so unobstrusively. He has evidently no inclination to have himself classed among those domestic preachers whom he himself flouts as preaching at their fellow-creatures in all their moods and tempers, "inflicting morals upon their laches, and erecting schools of ethics out of their good behaviour." A gallicisra, by the way, is always welcome to him in his choice of express sions, as where he refers, as with a scornful shrug of the shoulder, to " such gauche bores as English travellers." Of his skill as a land scape painter—that is in the word-painting cf a landscape—the followin g e xquisite little desorip., tion will (brief though it is) afford the reader ample opportunity of judging e _ The mountain-stream, th e Warfe, is a tributary of the Lavine which flaws into the Irish Sea. Brawling among the Yorkshire moors, it at last reaches a narrow valley overhung on either side by crags, that often lilt themselves perpendicularly out of the river's bed, and among their crevices give resting-place t o the ferns which there grow luxuriantly. 'or some two or three miles the Warfe flows between these steeps, rolling over huge boulders that seem in some primeval age to have been precipitated from the surrounding heights. Then it forms small basins with recesses sheltered by overhanging foliage, the special admiration of Sir Nigel- To these delightful retreats he invited his choice friends to kill the trout. Beyond this, the rocks rise precipitously out of the bed of the river, as if they had plotted to cut off its retreat. But the Warfe is not to be out-generated. It has cut its way through the ranks of the enemy in a narrow sluice known as the "Leap,' some twenty feet deep, in the bottom of which it foams defiance, and with a hol low, cavernous roar dashes madly onward, impatiently spreading itself out, beyond, in a large expanse, fringed by a mossy sward. The valley gradually widens, and the oak forest sweeping over inviting slopes casts its green shade upon the self-congratulating stream, that sparkles as if with sentient joy in having escaped from the turmoil and oppo sition of the gorge above. A few of the radiant phrases, scattered by Mr Bellew, with an sfiluent hand, through these volumes, will help to indicate at once the spark , ling vivacity of his manner—a vivacity lending a charm to a style that is never dull, that is often witty, that abounds at every turn with humorous descriptions. Let us particularise— by way of example—His mention of "the Georgian Ere, when any taste seemed unknown in England except bad taste ! " His defiaition of Froissart as " that prototype of Special Correspondents." His crowning commendation of one of the noble north-country moors, where, " had Daniel Lambert been trained upon them he never would have become the distinguished person into whom he developed ! " His grotesque mention of the urn above a London citizen's tomb, looking for all the world like " a petrified wine-cooler 1" His hint of a certain proclivity of his towards Muscular Christianity, when talking of certain " ebulitions of temper that commonly and healthily end in a round with the fists!" His de. lighttui setting aside of those " insipid pictures of singing charity girls or ecstatic little boys in immaculate surplices and picturesque heads of hair!'' His d►sdain of our wretched funereal pomps, where he speaks of " being neighed and pranced into one's grave by entire animals As we have given one of Mr Bellew's out-door sketches, let us here give one of his brilliant little interiors. Barometrical Variations of the Late Storms, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—The variations in the readings of the baro meter at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, are shown in the accompanying diagram, which I send to you for your inspection. It includes 46 days, ending the 30th of November, during which period there have been several severe gales of wind on our coasts, producing, as usual, distressing ship wrecks, attended with fearful loss of life. The reading of the barometer from the Ist of October to the 15:h day was always high, and every day above its average, frequently to the amount of o.3in and o.4in, and on the third day to o.sin nearly. The directio❑ of the wind till the eighth day was generally E. or E.N.E., and the greatest force of the wind during this interval was about Blb on the square foot ; but usually the air was in gentle motion. From the ninth day the pre vailing direction of the wind was N. and N.W., but at all times weak in strength. Oa the 16th day it changed to the south-west, and the barometer reading descended below its average and declined to 28.71 in by 3 a.m. on the 20th, on which day pres sures to 91b on the square foot took place. The read ing of the barometer suddenly changed to an in crease, and at midnight on the same day was 29.40 in, being no less than 0 69in increase in 16 hours. It remained some little time at this point, and dee clined to 28.901 n by 9 p.m. on the 22d. From noon of the next day, the 23d, its general tendency was increasing. It passed above its average on the 30th, having been 14 days continuously below, and at times, for 24 hours together, as much as three• quarters of an inch nearly. From the 23d the course of the wind -was mostly from opposite quar ters, viz.. S W. and N.E., but at all times light, and sometimes the air was almost free from motion. The barometer reading continued to increase, though with frequent slight falls, till Nov. 6, when the reading was as high as 301 in, or lira higher than on the 20th. On the 7th d-ty the reading began to decrease, and passed below its average on the 10th, it having been above this point from October 30 (or 11 days), a part of which time it was for 24 hours together more than 6-10ths of an inch in excess. During the 13th and 14th days the de. crease was rapid, and the reading from noon on the 14th to nearly noon on the 15th varied only be tween 28.61 in and 28.64 in. Thus the decrease amounted to I.sin in eight days. At this time at Greenwich the greatest pressure we experienced was 31b only ; and it is very remarkable that, with so low a reading of the barometer about London, there was scarcely any wind, whilst fearful storms were reging north of us. From the 25th the readings of the barometer oscillated, but for the most part increased, and were 29.72 in on the 19th, whilst the air was in gentle motion from the S.W. and S.S.E. Like changes followed, but decreasing readings were greater than increasing, till the read ing of barometer again was very low, viz. :-28.72 inches at 1 a.m. on the 26th, accompanied with S.W. wind, blowing with a pressure of 51b. on the square foot only. From this time the readings in creased, and on the 30th passed above the average, having been below 18 days. It cannot fail to be remarked that at all times when the reading of the barometer was above its average, the wind has everywhere been moderate in strength, but that the periods of our recent heavy gales have begun shortly after the reading has descended below the average, that they have been the worst when the departures below have been the greatest, and that the bad weather has ceased only on approaching the average again. _ One fact may be learnt from these readings, and it is one I forcibly impressed upon the fishermen on the Northumberland coast when I first fixed the barometers there, that at no time, and particu. lsrly during the winter months, should the warn , - ings of the barometers pass unheeded ; for although the bar meter reading may be low, and indeed unusually low in some localities, without the storm passing over these places, yet they may feel certain that bad weather or gales of wind are at that very time most likely raging not far from them, and which might suddenly visit their localities without further warning. It is rem irkable, indeed, that about London the barometer was - no less than three times a good deal below 29 inches, yet no storm of any moment visit,d Lid; but we have had sad evidence of the fearful storms then raging ou our northern and eastern coasts; and one almost sees the agonies and hears the cries of the drowning men, women, and children at Tyyemouth and shields, imploring help from the plunging lifeboat, two of whose noble crew perished in their humane efforts to succour their perishing fellow.oreatures. All honour to these brave but nameless heroes, of whom England may well be proud ; and well may we mourn over those who, unhappily, perish in such sacred work. These sad wrecks were taking place all along our eastern and nothern coasts, while in London we were in comparative calm. I wish to impress upon all sailors and fishermen the necessity of care when continuous declining readings of the barometer are proceeding, and of viewing such a state of things as plainly indicating approaching gales, which may not visit their own localities, but yet may do so; and if, fortunately, a gale does not visit them on any occasion, not to place less confidence in the barometer warnings, but rather to be careful till that reading of the barometer be attained which is the average of the place. It is an ascertained fact that when great atmo spheric disturbances take place, and great depres sions of the barometer readings occur, particularly when sudden, that they are the certain and sure prognostications of the approach of storms ; such signs no fisherman or seaman can, I think, now be so unwise as to neglact ; for the caution thus given to him, conjoined with his own knowledge of the storms of the locality with which he must be familiar, will probably save him and others from loss of life and property. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution, by placing reliable barometers (tested by me at the Royal Observatory, Green• wicb) around the coast, and thus directly prevent ing loss of life, may not gain so much praise as when its lifeboat saves a crew from the sinking ship ; but I consider that it deserves equal credit by taking timely steps to warn our fishermen from going to sea in times of danger. And surely the public will not fail to appreciate fully the feelings which prompt the committee of the institution to prevent as far as possible the necessity of having recourse to the lifeboat, by timely warnings to those who otherwise might need its valuable and ever-ready services.--I am, sir, your obedient ser vant, JAMES GLAISIIER. Royal Observatory, Greenwich, Dec. 15. THREE MEN INJURED THROUGH THE FALLING OF A PORTION OF A STABLE.—This morning, about eight o'clock, the flooring of an old st dale in course of demolition adjoining the rear of Aberdeen House, Marlborough-mews, fell with a loud crash, burying in the rubbish several men who were engaged at the time beneat , , the flooring in under pinning some walls. The men were afforded but little as sistance, some of them having to extricate themselves, and three of them went to the Middlesex Hospital, where, on examination by the medical officers of that institution, it was found that they were several contused, but their inju ries were not of a sufficiently serious nature to compel their remaining in the hospital. The West-end houses of business have been for some time past making preparations for the Christ. Inas campaign, during which time they expect to be plea santly besieged by a public most exacting and varied M its tastes and requirements. The stores laid in for that siege are abundantly strewn in the windows of the shops and overflow in the reserves within, so that a very large and a long attack may be made without exhausting; and if the public do triumph, for once the besieged will say, " So much the better." Among all the many West-end houses that have laid in a large and costly supply of Christmas novel ties, in addition to those which are meant for New Year's gifts, or those which supply all the year round wedding and other presents, th e L ous e of Messrs. T. A Simpson and Co., No. 151, Regent street, stands pre-eminent. Never have they more exerted themselves to excel in taste and variety, and never have they heaped greater stores together with the hope that they may be singled nut tor patronage among tho numerous firms who bid for the custom of the public. Tho windows show many things which are tempt ing, and that range from trifling value to costliness, but these are as nought in comparison with the store within, where jewellery, articles of virus, curl :taffies, knickknacks, clocks, dressing cases. and orioles of varied character for ornamenting the apartment abound, and at prices that range from the Most modest figure upwards. k xl gi ffur t.. elrsular. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 15. Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, left the Castle this morning for Greenwich Park. The Queen walked and drove in the groun ds ' attended by Lady Augusta Stanley. Princess Helena rode in the Home-park, atd Princess Beatrice went out walking. -~_. The Duko :of Northumberland yesterday com pleted his 72d year. The noble duke, with the duchess, ill at Alnwick Castle, in excellent health. His grace's birth day was celebrated yesterday by his tradesmen at the Free masons' Tavern. In reply to the toast of the evening, th e ,6 Liealth of the "dead of the House of Percy, the Duke of Northumberland," Mr Thomas Williams, the duke's agent , returned thanks for the honour done to the worthy and ' benevolent nobleman whose birthday they had met to cele brate. The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa Cavendish and the Marquis of Hartington, M.P,, returned on Monday to Chatsworth, from attending the funeral of the Earl of Carlisle at Castle Howard. The Duchess of Hamilton and Lady Mari Hamilton have recently arrived in Paris from the ir chateau at Baden-Baden. The duchess has been con fined to her residence by a slight cold since her arrival Paris. The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland arrived at Stafford House, St. James's, on Wednesday, from Castle Howard, Yorkshire, where her grace was present on the occasion of the funeral of the Earl of Carlisle. Lord Brabazon returned to town yesterday from visiting Sir Stephen Glynne, at Hawarden Castle, Flint shire. _ _ Lord and Lady Etcho arrived in town yesterdal from visiting the Earl and Countess of Albemarle, at Qtrid' denham Hall, and Sir Edward Kerrison, M.P., and LAY Kerrison, at Broome H4ll, Norfolk, Lady Constance Grosvenor has arrived in tows from Calverley Park, Cheshire. Lady Caroline Liscelies sad the Misses Lanelleo arrived in town on 'Wednesday from Castle Howard, York' shire, after attending the funeral of the Earl of Carlisle• , DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1865."*" On Wednesday evening, at the ordinary meeting of the Society of Arts, Lord Duff Tin, K.C.8., in the chair, 0 0 interesting paper on the "Progress of Irish Industry, ol d the Dublin International Exhibition of 1865," was read 11 Sir R. Kane, F.R. S. The paper pointed out the advance t hat had been made in various Irish manufactures and Indus' tries during the past ten years, and gave a detail of the steps that had been taken towards the establishment of the second great International Exhibition in Ireland, to be opened in May next year. It was shown that a very go °d representation would be made, not only of Irish manufac: tures, but of the best specimens of art and industry a 8 4 , the leading States of Europe, as well as of India, and many of the principal British colonies. The hearty ce . operation of British artists and manufacturers was invited/ in order that all the credit might not fall to foreign 0 1 t 3 ! . biters. At the close of the paper a discussion ensued, 13 which Lord Powerscourt, Mr Chichester Fortescue, Mr 11 ", Cole, C. 13., Mr Hawes, the Chairman of the Council , e 3" other gentlemen took part. In response to an appeal Iron . the chairman, Mr Hercules Macdonnell and Mr Anta l° Brady gave an account of the cordial reception and entllll' siast c promises of support they had received in those countries of the Continent which they had visited on beh al f of the Exhibition. THE MAGNESIUM LIGHT.—A singular circusi` stance was communicated to the French Pboto• graphic Society at its last sitting by M. Placet. The /nags° . slain light is so powerful, that when placed at a short die' tance from the object-glass it will melt its surface. object-glass spoilt in this way was produced by him at ala; sitting. Photographers had better take the hint, and not bring the light too near the apparatus. Go AND GET HANGED ELSEWHERE.—The Sal°. Public gives the following as the origin of the popular French saying, " Allez yens faire pendre ailleurs . —"A thief was arrested in one of the smallest principalities of Germany, and condemned to be hanged, but when the sentence was about to be put into execution the discov;ry was made that two things were wanted—a hangman and gibbet. What was to be done ? The authorities hesitated to incur such a needless outlay, as the incident was the first of the kind. So as the poor wretch was penniless they ga y :: him a small sum of money to go and get han ged Thence the popular French saying. elsewhere' ADDITIONS TO THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE GAL' LERY.—Yesterday tour paintings were added to the collection in the Parliament House. They comprise til e following portraits : —Lord Brou g h am (by Macnee); Lord Etch n (by Colvin flrioth); Lora Heecarse (by Scuugall),: and Sir David Rae (by Ra e bu r n). Th e p ortra it of Lo rd Brougham was exhibited in the Parliament House 150 year, but was afterwards removed in order to make some alterations in the attitude and cosatme. As the po rtrait has been altered his lordship is made to appear in the robe of Chancellor of the University ; and tnere can be no &tutu that in all respects considerable improvement has been mad ° upon the painting.—Edenburgh Courant. THE ALLEGED CuNFESSION OF A W EI ' .SII MURDER.—About a fortnight since a report al° peered in many of the daily and weekly papers, copied fr°11 : 1 the local papers of South Wales, to the effect that there ha d been a confession of an atrocious Welsh murder conireitte some years ago in Glamorganshire. The report stated rba.,t the lover of the young girl that was so brutally raurdso3; had just died, and had confessed on his deathbed that be was the perpetrator of the cruel deed. It now turns ° li e that no such confession was made, and that, in fae t P h t n l i e young man is still alive, and consequently the igm" story was a hoax. A SHOAL OF PORPOISES IN THE THAMES.--"It: terday afternoon some surprise was excited by tP O appearance of a number of porpoises in the River Till ita , B off the Tower, disporting themselves on the surface of the water, when not disturbed by the passage of tiro steartleott and other large vessels. The creatures appeared b ent making their way above bridge, and on being discove red to number of small boats were manned and put off to ceP tti o the unusual visitors, three of them being taken and broligt, ashore, each upwards of a yard in length and of Pr ° P,lo tionate bulk, and they were subeque n tly exhibited a t " o f fishmongers' shops in Bond-street. The a ppearan ce ar these fish so high up the river is said to indicate teal' tuous and stormy weather. LIVERPOOL FAT CATTLE SHOW.--This 01/°0 opened on:Wednesday in a large shed on the gounds t ot Zoological-gardens, Liverpool. There were 250 entries e stock, and in every class the show was remarkably being much superior . to the last exhibition. Aino l ligD • winners of priz:s for cattle were the Earl of Dart)) , land oxen) and Lord Skelmeradale (shorthorned sheep, Mr G. S. Foljambe (Leicester wethers and S„,"i t ir down wethers), Mr James Nicholson. (Cheviots), an", al! Allan Pollok (Irish wethers)—pigs. Earl of Sefton 01‘,v, breed), Earl of Derby (small breed), and Mr Thomasr,ead Suffolk, four prizes (cup for best pig, middle, 1051" arge breeds). REPRIEVE OF THE DUKINFIELD Mtntro o- ; o t The Secretary of State for the Home Depa rty' , l - 0 - 0; having had under his consideration the circuLestfi; etc of the case of Salome Marsh, who was convicted 15 .Li:iti' at the Chester assizes for the murder of her child at •" - d to field on the 31st of July last, and who was sellte l2c ;, / of death, has recommended the extension of the nleoel3-".,0 the Crown to the unhappy woman, and her seutel ie6 therefore be commuted to panal servitude for life. g W rit' A DEFAULTING TREASURER,—A meet .° P deft held at the Clarence Hotel, Manchester, Ye s-- g r Ito e at which it was stated that the treasurer to the '-h:Doci Relief Committee was a defaulter. It appeared tb fit re it, tendered accounts showing false balances fromthe A - i 0 14 ' 1862. One of his statements showed a balan ce of ;;005 when it suould have been £2,044. On his disaPPeo bad inquiries were made at doe bank, where he should 10 it yO O £2,000, but not only as there no balance at a ll, b¢ talcs found that he had overdrawn his account, Sif f k ti hi r es' :ions appear to have commenced with the first No' action, 13 1113iett " PENTONVILLE PRISON."—The paragroP 000 appeared under this head yesterday was 1 0 1 l plac e respects inaccurate. The true account of wrist to Total is as follows :—A constable, by direction of Si r t o Henry, chief magistrate at . . Bow-street, proceeded oil or ogi inst., to Cardiff, with a warrant to apprehend CoP ci 0 00 0 He had ascertained that Mrs Craig had receiv e 0 041 telegrams from a man named Brown, who had 1 :)°, 11 0 us t il „ ie at the Angel Hotel at Cardiff. Brown proved mate of the steamer Argyll, bound for LiverP °° .,Dle 1/ . 5 9 had sailed on the 22d of November. The °°° . 's c i to s l t since seen Brown, and found that he was inarritsa.,...o4 th Constance Craig on Saturday last. It was asoer TP t Craig had not been at Cardiff. , 01 1 - ~.e , INSULTING A SWORD.--An affair ar7 or ;',,Fol l : e singular dispute has just been brought b t !_ an t f _ e x court at Berlin, A gentleman and a liet a i i r; o r otr o u e j, army meeting in the street, the stick of I ... v art y to De , by accident the sword of the latter. a:2ogiee, °lto round, apparently expecting the other to u r iv _ yoa c if • at lost the civilian remarked, through the streets with your spit athiickhinegnd7d tbielita.lPri manner ?" High words followed, w W` the de c_u t in 0 an 'insult to ki.ll3.dni cer prosecuting his adversary t he president of the court severely repro . deriaff tila eot al and the court, °onto. 0 , . 4 expression used ; • of his ' l° 4 49 1 ' honour by an injurious epitheftoar as the possession accused could not be in demned him to a fine of 15 thalers (about t'4l ppli v e e d d to th h e is civ s i w if o ; faculties, admitted extenuating cirest,a,n,,eeor THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENIAG, DECEMBER 16, 1864. I KITCHEN FOR A DUTCH FAINTER. It was hung round with ornaments not brighter to look at than useful to use, tin saucepans and copper stewpans, which, with the rows of plates and dishes on the shelves, the stoneware jugs and basins on the dresser, the duck on the spit turning before the blazing fire, and the slices of apple and the ribbons of paring on the table, would have constituted a pioture in a Dutchman's eye, worthy the minute pencil and elaborate finish of a Gerard Dow. A garden.scene to match—both by reason of its beaaty and of its brilliancy—is the following . The Colonel had just discerned the peacocks displaying their pluramage in the lower terraces, and his mastiff sun ning himself on one of the steps, when he was made aware by a chorus of barking that his approach had been dis covered, for with a tumultuous rush, down each staircase, came dogs of very various descriptions; the glossy King Charles, the silken Maltese, the delicate Italian greyhound, the grim -featured pug, the long-coated Skye, and the sleek black-and-tan terrier. As exemplars of his widely contrasting manner, in the delineation of his different characters, take fleet of all. this graceful portraiture of the heroine of the tale, Mabel:---, She had then attained her full stature, and looked com mandingly as she swept along, resembling the figures of angels seen in Flaxman's drawings, "trailing clouds of glory as they come," The thin material of her dress falling in graceful folds about her lithe figure displayed its proportions to the greatest advantage. The horrible fashions of a later date were not then in vented, which disfigure a woman, and mar the outline that nature has dictated and art accepted as the Beautiful. And next, as a vivid contrast to the foregoing, this incidental humorous limning of an aged dandy— The Honourable Archibald Cavendish was well-known in Rotten Row, at the Opera, and elsewhere in fashionable life. He was indebted to the Burlington Arcade for his hair, to Bond.street for his whiskers, to Cavendish-square for his teeth, and to various other well-known localities for other artificial attractions ; and, at the age of sixty-five, the restorers of faded humanity there carrying on their several vocations, flattered him with the assurance that ho made up admirably for a man of forty. Occasionally the Rev. Mr. Bellew rather startles us, we will confess: as where he asks gravely, " Why dbouid Lady Godiva no longer ride into Coventry ?" Hardly ever does he condescend to such worn-out tricks of style as where he begins one of his chap ters— 'I he Royal Grammar School of Launcoster was a vene rable building, with a venerable Head Master, having venerable forms and desks, and adjoined the yard of the venerable church. ltdrely do we fiad him tripping (even typo• graphicaiiy, without an erratum) as when quoting— " Quando corpus morietur Fac, u 4 animo donetur Farad's' gloria." Instead of "ut anima donetur." Besides which, a Catholic Priest would hardly require to turn to his breviary in order to read a familiar verse like that in the " Siabat Mater." Dr. Clifford—the priest who is described as doing this—is, by the way, it should be said, one of the most charmingly delineated of all the characters introduced by Mr Bellew into his novel. In the outlines, and in some of the colours of this portraiture, there is a hint of a resemblance to Dr. Lingard, the Historian of England. Blount Tempest," let ns say, in conclusion is chiefly remarkable for its abundant display of ►ife-like personages, of all grades and conditions, many of them described with a rare and delightful numour. The lady inhabitants of Hampton Court Palace—particularly among them a sort of fat cousin-german of Elia's whist-playing Mrs. Battle, of immortal memory—are pourtrayed with a drolo lery in its way quite inimitable. The Baronet, the Colonel, the Goal Chaplain, the Lawyer's Clerk Creevy, the Basso Profundo, the Shirleys, the junior partner Trigg,t hesenior partner Probyn,theßrothera Blount and Geoffrey, the fair young heroine Mabel, all are admirably clever, real, life-like delineations. Mr Bellew has, in this first venture of his, fairly made a hit as a Novelist. And, upon his having dune so, we may fairly, both as Reader and as Critic, frankly offer him our congratulations. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market steady. Sales, probably 6,000 bales. Market kept in check in consequence of the non arrival of the overdue Indian telegrams. FATAL ACCIDENT.—A melancholy accident hap pened at the large school belonging to the Society of Friends at Ackworth, near Pontefract, a few dls ago. A young man named Neave, an assistant teacher in the school, while jumping over a pole iu the gymnasium. knooked the pole down and fell upon one end of it, which enteral about six inches into his abdomen, inflicting such injuries as caused the sufferer's death a few hours aftewards. PROCLAMATIONS OF OUTLAWRY.—At the Sheriffs' Court, Red Llon-Square, on Thursday, Mr Ramp, the officer, made proclamations in the following eases:— Thomas M'Knight, at the suit of William Henry Barber— James Hall, at the suit of W. Langdon—Henry Lucas, at the suit of Thomas Henry Williams—William Nokes, at the suit of Samuel Fox Stephens and another—Hon. Itichci Bethell, at the suit of William Speritt—'William Henry P. Gore, at the suit of the London Bank of Scotland (limited) —and George Warren, at the suit of Edward Watkin Edwards and another. The next County Court day was appointed to be held in four weeks. Each case has to be called at five different courts. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The Government emigrant ship Sawn°, 1,246 tons, Mr Ebenezer Roy, master, belonging to Messrs Rucker, Offur, and Co., London, which sailed from Plymouth on the 18th of June last, arrived at Sydney, New South Wales, on the 3d of October, with 300 emigrants, comprising 52 married people, 96 single men, 118 single women, 20 boys and 16 girls be tween one and twelve years of age, and seven infants—in all equal to 281 statute adults, under the care of Mr Am brose Newbold, M.D., surgeon-superintendent, assisted by Miss Eliza Barker, matron. Three births and one death took place on board. EXPLOSION.,-FOUR PERSONS ►SEVERELY IN. JURED.—Au explosion occurred at the Flint Works of Mr, Perry, near the Stoke Cattle Show, on Wednesday, .which fortunately c ,st no lives, but resulted in severe in juries to four men, and the destruction of considerable pro. perty. About half-past two o'clock a large boiler used for the flint grinding,machine at the above works exploded, destroying nearly the whole of the premises, The boiler, which is about twenty feet in, length, by six in diameter, was lifted from its position to a distance of about twenty yards, and turned completely upside down, TREES MOST AFFECTED BY LIGHTNING,--Pig trees and cedars are rarely struck by lightning; the beech, larch, fir, and chesnut are obnoxious to it ; but the trees which attract it most are the oak, yew, and Lombardy poplar. Whence follows that the last are the trees most proper to be pieced near a building, will act like so many lightning conductors to it. Again, the electric fluids attacks in preference such trees as are verging to decay by reason of age or disease,---American ✓Paper. h / h 1 . tO'l b V P.` 1 by ' O h , 4 hNi ii ° : ))°, ke' D l, o, rho Do 4Ni